Wednesday, 12 July 2017

I was very flattered when Sharon asked to include me in her TAST interview series, especially as I haven't been able to join in as much as I'd have liked to. Also, if you've read the interview you'll know I'm not very good at the exploratory process - I'm very different from many of the artists featured thus far! However, I do like to learn new things and develop as much skill as I can, so TAST is one of the challenges that offer a constant opportunity to move forward. I'm planning on looking more closely into the Embroiderer's Guild distance learning courses towards the end of this year, so they may provide the needed impetus.

I'm having some technology problems at the moment - both my laptop and my digital camera urgently need replacing (the camera I can only use if I seal the battery door up with duct tape, and the laptop is exasperatingly slow, no matter how much I delete, disable or otherwise clean up), so blogging has been rather neglected of late. It takes a lot of patience and planning to get anything done, so there are a few projects waiting to be published. Assuming I get my tech up to speed in the next few weeks (as I very much hope to, and Sir has agreed the funds for it ☺) , here's a sneak peek at what's coming up soon:

Here you can see some previews of counted thread and freestyle embroideries, sewing and knitting projects, and preparation for entering some local summer shows.

I'll be blogging all of these projects and more in the near future, including my sewing workshop days and some overviews of all the handicrafts exhibits at the Bingley and Ryedale Shows held later this month and the Shadwell Flower Show in mid August.

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My apologies for a relatively short and dull intro post, but I seem to be in for a bout of tonsillitis (or a cold at least) and I'm feeling just that little bit ropey today. However, thanks very much again for calling in and I hope to host you in my web home often. ☺♥☻

Hi! I love the different types of work you do, it is very inspiring :)I just thought you might be interested in what I have to say, bear with me here :)

I work at the small startup The Folklore Company, a site where you can design your own embroidery. It’s essentially a union of today’s digitization and old school cross stitch embroidery. Our vision is to make embroidery more approachable to beginners and the younger generation by making the pattern making process easier.

We really believe in our product and think that it can make a difference in making embroidery something for everyone! So we just want to spread the word (and hopefully we can get some help with that) :)

We’re also interested in collaborations with talented embroidery designers. Right now we mainly focus on cross stitch but will probably create patterns for other stitch types in the future.